Show horticultural ort PI points PARASITE KILLS GIPSY MOTH adds considerable to its value being able to complete life cycle on insects prepared by the united st ates department of agriculture an imported parasite of the gipsy moth known us as niela nosco lus has been present in new england since 1911 and Is now firmly established dished it Is spreading reading Bp rapidly from the colonies which have been liberated and Is increasing in spite of ith lt being severely attacked by another parasite according to department bulletin 1028 by 8 S S crossnine Cross Cros ninn sinan issued by the united states department of agriculture the fart that the parasite Is able to complete its life cycle on several native insects adds considerably to its value as an introduced parasite and makes its permanent establishment more certain than it if the gipsy moth were its only ho licht t the parasite has two generations each catch year on the gipsy moth and is very abundant in many small areas it gies agles promise says the bulletin of becoming one of the most valuable of tile the imported parasites its method of attak attack consists of laying its eggs in the larvae of the moth the gipsy moth attacks both orchard and forest trees particularly oaks and birch it Is not fond of conifers but Is especially destructive in ili the mixed type of forests such as are prevalent pie valent in new england |